To think it all started with a 19th century fad the hoop skirt. That was the first item that Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale carried in their Ladies Notions Shop in New Yorks Lower East Side. In the late 1800s most fashion retailers specialized in just one type of garment. Not the brothers Bloomingdale their East Side Bazaar opened in 1872 sold a wide variety of European fashions. It was the beginning of what would become a Department Store.
To think it all started with a 19th century fad the hoop skirt. That was the first item that Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale carried in their Ladies Notions Shop in New Yorks Lower East Side. In the late 1800s most fashion retailers specialized in just one type of garment. Not the brothers Bloomingdale their East Side Bazaar opened in 1872 sold a wide variety of European fashions. It was the beginning of what would become a Department Store.